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  1. #12201
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    I'm still bashing away at that yard clear up. Over the hump with it now I think. Filled 8 garden bags so far.

    Just been doing a couple of hours a day on it. There was a blackbird knocking about today. It sat on the wall about four foot from me for ages while I was working. It didn't seem bothered at all.
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    Today's first job - cleaning the windows at the back. Never been done on the outside before - and they were installed in 1999...
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    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Today's first job - cleaning the windows at the back. Never been done on the outside before - and they were installed in 1999...
    25 year's worth of grime - I'm surprised you can see through them!

    Why don't you find a reputable window cleaner to do it for you. I have one who calls once a month and cleans them all; back, front, top and bottom for £10.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Today's first job - cleaning the windows at the back. Never been done on the outside before - and they were installed in 1999...
    I wouldn't be too hasty about that, consider the possible ramifications first. And be prepared to budget for net curtains.

    One time in my adolescent years I looked out of my back bedroom window and was greeted with the sight of a bloke across the way washing his willy in his kitchen sink - I may have been spared that trauma had there been 26 years of muck on my window.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    25 year's worth of grime - I'm surprised you can see through them!

    Why don't you find a reputable window cleaner to do it for you. I have one who calls once a month and cleans them all; back, front, top and bottom for £10.
    Actually they weren't that bad, I was expecting a transformation, but no. I suppose the rain cleans them to some extent and god knows we get enough of that.

    No chance of paying someone to do it especially not now I got time to do it myself. Just need to do the insides now - after second breakfast.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    I wouldn't be too hasty about that, consider the possible ramifications first. And be prepared to budget for net curtains.

    One time in my adolescent years I looked out of my back bedroom window and was greeted with the sight of a bloke across the way washing his willy in his kitchen sink - I may have been spared that trauma had there been 26 years of muck on my window.
    Oh yes - the 'Gentleman's wash.'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Actually they weren't that bad, I was expecting a transformation, but no. I suppose the rain cleans them to some extent and god knows we get enough of that.

    No chance of paying someone to do it especially not now I got time to do it myself. Just need to do the insides now - after second breakfast.
    That's ok for the downstairs windows, but what about the upstairs? Easy enough if you're an ex-Harlem Globetrotter with a good set of ladders, but for us mere mortals those tall windows can be a real stretch and an accident waiting to happen.

    Suppose you could get something like this:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/HELISAN-Win...s%2C120&sr=8-5

    Bloke in the picture is giving it a thumbs up, so it must be a good 'un
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    That's ok for the downstairs windows, but what about the upstairs? Easy enough if you're an ex-Harlem Globetrotter with a good set of ladders, but for us mere mortals those tall windows can be a real stretch and an accident waiting to happen.

    Suppose you could get something like this:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/HELISAN-Win...s%2C120&sr=8-5

    Bloke in the picture is giving it a thumbs up, so it must be a good 'un
    Pricey though isn't it? Sure I could knock something similar up with gaffer tape and a couple of mop handles.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Pricey though isn't it? Sure I could knock something similar up with gaffer tape and a couple of mop handles.
    As mop handles are a standard 4' long, you'd need at least four to reach your bedroom windows. At roughly a fiver each, you're already at 20 quid (unless, unlike me, you keep a stock of mop handles just in case). Then there's the gaffer tape and something to attach at the end to do the cleaning.

    Cheapest way is to get a window cleaner in, then fire him off after the first visit. He won't be best pleased, but when in 26 years you get him back again he'll probably have forgotten
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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  10. #12210
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    As mop handles are a standard 4' long, you'd need at least four to reach your bedroom windows. At roughly a fiver each, you're already at 20 quid (unless, unlike me, you keep a stock of mop handles just in case). Then there's the gaffer tape and something to attach at the end to do the cleaning.

    Cheapest way is to get a window cleaner in, then fire him off after the first visit. He won't be best pleased, but when in 26 years you get him back again he'll probably have forgotten
    I always have a stock of mop handles and gaffer tape in. I mean who doesn't stockpile gaffer tape?

    Anyways that's a job for another day. Music time now.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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